>> 4 more palestinians killed inis. a long fight against gaza if hamas doesn't stop firing rockets. you are watching al jazeera live from doha. good to have you hear with us. on this program, first election results for turkey's prime minister erdogan on track to become president. >> the important city of nakmor from the islamic state group. >> i am daniel lack in northwestern british columbia

where big energy projects are causing controversy in one of the most unique coastal wilderness areas. ♪ >> four more gazans have been killed in attacks. benjamin netanyahu says they won't go back to the negotiating table while rockets are being fired from israel. the previous truce expired on friday. since then, there have been attacks from both sides. they say they will abandoned efforts to achieve a long term cease-fire unless there . >> at no stage did we declare it over. the restoration of quiet over a protracted period is achieved. i said at the beginning and throughout the operation, it will take time and stamina is

required. >> let's take a look at the human toll since israel began its military assault on gaza more than a month ago. so far, 64 israeli soldiers and three civilians including a thai national have been killed. gaza's health ministry says airstrikes and art illery attacks have killed 1,917 palestinians of those, the u.n. says almost three-quarters of civilians and 449 are children. almost 10,000 palestinians have been injured. >> al jazeera's kimberly halkett is in west jerusalem for us. many questions over these cease-fire talks. what are you hearing about what's happening in cairo? >> reporter: there has been a tremendous amount of activity in just the last few minutes. we are getting a number of unconfirmed media reports, including one that is attributing a statement to the israeli military radio, that there may -- and we use the word

"may" ver strongly, there may be an agreement on a 72 hour he's fire that has occurred with the palestinian delegation and the israeli delegation. this is a proposal that had been floated by egyptian mediators. we are hearing unconfirmed media reports that from multiple sources including the israeli military radio that there has been an agreement. this is an agreement only in an extension of that pause in fighting that lapsed on friday morning. and since then, of course, we have seen ex changes back and forth. we have seen the rocket fire into southern israel. we have had the israeli strikes but we are hearing now that there may now be an agreement for another 72 hour pause. this would be very significant. palestinians threatening to leave. theitsisi delegation saying as long as there is rocket fire, there will be no negotiation but we are hearing there may be an

agreement. this is just an agreement, a pause in the fighting. this is not in any way addressing the larger issues that have been red lined for both sides up to this point for the palestinian delegation. it would be the lifting of the blockade on gaza. for the israeli 2ke8gation it is demilitarization of hamas. issues on both sides where they say they cannot bend. those have not been addressed in any way whatsoever but there may be an agreement for a 72-hour pause in fighting if we can confirm this. this is from multiple sources. this is significant. >> indeed if it is confirmed and a particular relief to the palestinians, but what are the israelis saying as far as the public goes and what kind of pressure are they putting on their government to push ahead with these talks when the government has clearly said they are reluctant so long as there are rocket attacks on israel? >> that's an important question in all of this because we have a

statement from prime minister benjamin netanyahu many hours ago today. in fact, saying that there will be no negotiations as long as there is rocket fire. t nothing will happen as long as there is not calm and order. there has been industry domestic pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu because the southern communities are very angry right now. they are very confused. they left their homes. they were gone for many, many weeks as there was quite a height in the conflict and then they were allowed to return when there was the pause in fighting. then there was a resumption in the fighting and they were confused. what do we do? there has been a lot of criticism on benjamin netanyahu to, in their words, finish the job, the things are only half complete. there has been a lot of domestic pressure. now, to have this news that there may be an agreement for another 72 hour cease-fire is certainly significant but a

departure from what werp hearing from the prime minister just a few hours ago. >> kimberly halkett, unconfirmed reports that there may be a tries in the works for another pause in the fighting. thank you very much. let's go to turkey now where the prime minister erdogan is leading the presidential election with almost half of the votes counted. burnett smith is live with us. talk us through what's being said so far in the and the latest results. >> reporter: still coming in, i just have one eye on local television, with about 77% of the vote counted. erdugan's lead slipped slightly, now 52.6% of the total vote. as ihnulu gets about 52%. 5% gives him the victory. he needs more than 50% of the totem. he needs that to avoid a second round run-off. so, it looks like tep current state of play,

three-quarters, two-thirds of the vote counted, he is on course for his first round victory and on course, therefore, to be the first popularly elected president of the turkish republic. >> bernard, this is largely expected. why was it, was there so little confidence in the other two candidates being able to challenge erdogan? >> well, obviously erdogan enjoyed the add vantages of being the i know couple bent prime minister. there was a lot of coverage anyway of his jop as prime minister going around the country before the election campaign proper started with the opposition candidates complained that that gave erdogan a head start. but this is anyway a prime minister who is extremely popular, popular certainly it would seem with more than 50% of the turkish electorate. he is, though, divisive. he has a reputation for intolerance and a reputation for being thor authoritarian.

opponents fear that will not be suitable for a presidency of turkey he wants to be an executive and then ceremonial presidency. erdogan said in his last campaign speech that he would be the president for all turks. >> thank you, bernard smith, with keeping an eye on those results keeping in from ankara. thank you. kurdish forces are introen through is or islamic state defenses and have retaken the city of makmor. it's 40 kilometers south of the kurdish capitol, erbil. the city is strappedegecally important because it's on the road to kirkuk. the u.s. launched airstrikes on sunday targeting is fighter positi position. there have been multiple strikes in the region since being authorized byp president barack obama on thursday. the french foreign minister has

arrived to oversee aid delivers from his country. he will also meet with representatives of christiansanding yazidis in erbil. more from erbil in northern iraq. >> reporter: fierce fighting 40 kilometers southwest of the kurdish capitol in the town of mathmour where u.s. air strikes early this morning hit targets with the islamic state group fighte fighters. they said they had armed trucks. hours later, the peshmerga went in to try to fight back. they have managed to regain the city, which is a strategic point in between erbil and the northern oral capitol of kirkuk. fierce fighting as well along other parts of the kurdib territories with the iraqi government controlled territory and sinjar mountain, tens of thousands of the tiny yaziti

minority are 2r57d. many without food or water. the u.s. and allies have been launching air drops, food and water dropped by helicopter to try to help them. but many remain out of range of help. in the past 48 hours, kurdish officials tell us that they have opened a core dor to the mountain and up to 5,000 people have come down. we have spoken to some of those people who have walked for hours down sinjar mountain in the past day. they tell hor endous stories of telling of women dieing in childbirth. intense suffering there. baghdad and erbil a visit by the french foreign minister to reinforce france's commitment to humanitarian aid. that's a theme with a lot of european and other current trees saying they do not want to get involved in military help, but they do want to help with this widening humanitarian crisis. >> iraq's president has ordered the grounding of all of the ukrainian designed 14 type passenger planes. the decision was made after one

of the aircrafts crashed in west tehran earlier on sunday. it killed 39 people. nine people survived repor. reports say an engine failed. there have been several plane crashes which have been blamed on aging aircraft and poor maintenance. >> they said the plane had crashed and just said, come quickcally come quickly and receive the bodies of your children. >> we should thank god the pilot could move the plane away from residential buildings. fortunately, it did not crash on them. otherwise, we will have been dealing with much worse crash now. >> to egypt, al jazeera's dmanldzing the release of three journalists who have now been imprisoned there for 225 days. they were accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they were given 7 year sentences.

mohammed got an extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession, which he picked up at a protest. still to come on al jazeera, taking a chance. the nigerians are determined to eat wild animal meat despite warnings of a link to ebola. we report on a hazardous journey, the only travel option for thousands of people in bangladesh.

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♪ ♪ hello again. let me take you through the top stories at al jazeera. palestinian officials say they

have agreed to a new 72 hour cease-fire. there is no confirmation yet on whether the israelis have agreed to this. but we are hearing that an israeli delegation has arrived in kcairo for more talks on the situation in gaza. kurdish forces are have broken through is defenses in northern iraq and have retaken the city of makhmour. the u.s. launched airstrikes on sunday near makhmour targeting is fighter positions. much is leaving turkey's presidential elections. 7 seven % of the ballots have been counted. 52.6% of the vote according to turkish state t.v. now, at least four civilians have been killed in a suicide bomb. they targeted a nato convoy. police say the convoy was traveling on a min road in kabul. jennifer glassee has more details from kabul. >> the car bomb left a large

crater here in the center of the city on a road that leads to the parliament. there are several universities on that road. killed in that attack, four civilians, two children, a woman, and a man. 35 after gans injured. the target was a nato convoy. nato is traveling in heavily m armored vehicles. the target was a military target as is so often the case here, civilians bear the brunt of that attack. the united nations saying that civilian injuries and deaths in the first six months of 2014 are 24% higher than than they were over the same period last year. this all happened in a large transition year, even as there are fewer and fewer nato troops in the country. they continue to be a target for the taliban.

as is so often the case here, civilians are the ones hubert the brunt f. four civilians killed, 35 in an attack in kabul bol. fruit bats and monkeys are suspected of carrying the virus. mohammed atmaa has this report. >> selling game meet for the past 30 years. she runs this restaurant outside of lagos. nigeria's commercial capitol. on the menu today is monkey and ant lope. she skillfully prepares the meat for customers who might not come? >> few come. only one person or two come and buy. before, everybody used to buy. >> bush meat, as it's called here, is once against suspected to have been the bridge that

caused the deadly disease to go from the animal world to the human. it takes a single transmission from animal to human mainly caused by handling fresh carcasses to create the game meat. they say it is the food of their ancestors. they have been consuming it for as long as anyone can remember. even at times like this, when the authorities are discouraging its cogsumption due to the ebola outbreak, it can still be found available in almost every street corner. >> the chairman of nigeria's general association of hunters, he is livid. >> it's aly. it's a purely. if they don't want bush meat, they should not eat it, but they cannot say we should not eat it and they cannot say the public should not be eating it. >> for now, though, it's online the brave and most ardent of game meat consumers who continue to demand for it. for them, abandoning the

tradition is out of the question. >> i was raised with bush meat. i continue because i like it. i have been enjoying it and i wish you to do so. >> knowledge and superstition, poor healthcare and cross border movement have contributed to the spread of ebola in west africa. there is concern that there is a refusal by some to believe bush meat is unsafe in curbing the further spread of the disease. mohammed adow, al jazeera, lagos, nigh year i can't. >> the top story now, the latest on gaza. we are hearing unconfirmed reports of a possible new cease-fire agreement. our senior political analyst is standing by for us in london. what more can you tell us about

this i think we have round 2 of the cease-fire talks that started a month avisis's offensive against gaza. clearly, these are very tough talks, clearly they are the extension of war and, hence, they could be just as stubborn and vicious during those talks as they were during fighting. and clearly, both sides are going to try to get back, you know, whatever accomplishment they couldn't attain by war. so, you know, it's first, second round and it might probably take longer than that. >> there were many, many preconditions to the israelis going back to these talks. one of it is rocket fire stopping. it seems these pre-conditions were not reached yet they are going back and continuing the

conversation. so what can possibly be achieved now if israel is willing to roll back their conditions? >> the whole idea of conditions, preconditions, what are the preconditions? these are not preconditions. these are rights. these are basic things. you will hear the diplomatic jargon on and off for a while now. i wouldn't worry too much about the little bickering about, you know, who se preconditions at first or who abided by the ceasefire first and then who violated first because this is just going to be going on a and on. at the end of the day, a bit of blurring, if you will, is going to be constructed for egypt that is trying to get both sides to talk through its representative in cairo without them walking away saying that the other party has, you know, for one reason or another violated whatever they agreed upon. >> ambiguity could be constructive in those indirect

negotiations because egypt can always provide either party with whatever ainsurance it wants. the problem here and over the last few days is that the p palestinians have been leaking that. the egyptians have been tough on them. and that their positions have been more and more closer to israel than it is closer to the palestinians, and hence, they have not been impartial on those talks rendering them ever more difficult for the palestinians. having said that, clearly the palestinians are going to maintain the threat of force available to them just as israel will, hoping that the siege will be lifted. israel probably would not budge on that until they get egyptian ainsurance at least that israel will not fire towards isis. and this is going to go on and on and on. >> it dent bode well for the palestinians suffering in gaza. in london with the latest in an analysis. fighting in the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk has

left at least one person dead despite pro-russian separatists asking for a ceasefire. they say they want to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. black smoking billowed above a telecom company outside the city center. they say they surrounded separatists and are ready for a ceasefire only if rebels surrender their arms. massive storm has been pounding central japan putting more than 1 million people on notice to evacuate. typhoon halong made landfall ol sunday leaving around 60 injured. among the worst hit, residents warned to move away from rivers and warning of landslides. a bus fell off a 10-meter high cliff after hitting two vehicles. the accident happened in nemo county about 90 kilometers from

tibet. most of the passengers were from the eastern regions of china. the risk of traveling by ferry in bangladesh was highlighted when an overcrowded boat capsized. there have been four accidents involving ferries this year as loan loan. it's the only option for many people. >> reporter: people waiting for the bodies to be found. it's a familiar site in bangladesh. on average, a ferry capsizes once a year, killing hundreds. thousands have died in the past 28 years. it's not just the death did. their entire ferry system is a mess. people have to wait for hours, sometimes days to get on the ships. >> that's one of the reasons that the ferries are often overloaded with passengers and vehicles. government officials say a ferry that capsized this month was carrying close to 300 people. registered capacity was 85. >> how many more of our brothers, sisters, mothers must die before people do something?

rich people and government officials travel around by plane so they don't have to care about this. >> liakat may never find his brother. recovery operations notoriously slow. 100 passengers are still missing. the same is true for a ferry that capsized in may. >> the water is very bad in that area. our own as well ass are being thrown around by waves. it's difficult for us to carry out the rescue operations smoothlyly. >> when they manage to stay afloat, the ships cause problems for people. >> this is the ferry to pola island, the longest route in all of bangladesh. it takes three hours to get from one port to the other. but that's nothing compared to the waiting time to get on or off these vessels. >> sometimes, a group will come with a dead body they hope to burying in their own village. the corpse will be rotting. >> that's the hardest thing. . >> truck drivers transporting

often spend days waiting to board. it's not unusual for the entire load to go bad. >> there are sixty to 70 trucks waiting in line to get into the ferry. i have been waiting here for four days now. >> it's the same story year after year. nothing seems to get done. most ferry passengers are some of the poorest in the country. because of that, many of them are convinced that nothing will change. al jazeera, bangladesh. >> canada has the world's third largest petroleum reserves. getting it to ports in asia is challenging. a new pipeline project has run into opposition because it will go through untouched wilderness. daniel liak has this report in northwest canada. >> reporter: from canada's land-locked oil sands to the mountainous western shore, the e mvr idge pipe leip is supposed to carry bitumen bound for asia. it got a green light from the

federal government in june. but opposition is growing. protesters in the city, rural indigenous people, coastal communities of fishermen and tourist guides all object. >> we have a sustainable forest industry. we have a sustainable fishery. we have a blossoming tourism industry. and everything that northern gateway represents jeopardies all that we are talking about. we don't need to depend upon a product that will destroy the rest of the economy that we already have. >> that opinion resonates here in kitamat, the port at the end of the pipeline. residents have already voted to reject the project and town kill council followed suit. local business and unions whose members benefit from pipeline work still hold out hope. >> construction time will see many thousands of workers here but really what we are looking for is what's after the construction period. many jobs were lost. i think that if the three of these projects go, it will bring probably another 1,000 people

full-time jobs, well-paid jobs back into this town. >> the thought of petroleum super tankers making their way through the intricate coastal waters is something that horrifies many people who live and work along the coast. the fact remains, canada needs to get its oil to market and that market in the future will increases canly be asia. >> that's why the northern gateway pipeline approved, but beset with challenges is not alone. there are three other big proposals to pipe alberta oil well including one by an aboriginal entrepreneur who says he has approval from many first nations along the route. >> first nations people aren't opposed to development. but it has to be done on their terms. always the number 1 issue is going to be the environment. >> whether it's northern gateway, the contentious keystone xl project to the gulf coast or others, pipelines are becoming more, not less controversial here. >> building pipelines are a

national priority. the part of the challenge is that we are not really having a national dialogue about it. we also need to understand that the various groups that are involved all have valid interests. >> if ways aren't found to balance those interests to project water and wildlife and win support from local communities and, new pipelines may not be built for years if at all. realizing its vast petroleum potential is proving a challenge for canada. daniel lak, al jazeera, kitiman. >> how is this for a great escape? a 9-year-old boy who pried open the jaws of an al gator which attacked him in a lake in the u.s. state of florida. the young man, james baernl described the moment the two and a half meter and more than 200 killer animal grabbed him while he was swimming. now, james has been left with about 30 claw and teeth marks and a lucky escape. brave little boy. and that's it for this program.

before we can go, let me remind you that you can always go to our website for all of the latest news as you can see, there in depth analysis on the situation in gaza. we will of course be bringing you updates on that throughout the day. it's been good to have you here with us. thanks for watching.